Postal card



Nov. `11, 1947. G. WEINSCHENK I POSTAL CARD Filed Aug. 28, 1944 jm y *Patented Nov. 11, 1947 UNITED stx-rss sereni* ermee .HOSTAL CARD .(osbertJ/Veinschenk, Chicago, lill. ApplioationAugustiZS, 1946i, SerialNo. 551,539

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.This Iinyentionrela-.tes to improvements in postal ogres and `more .nartieularlyftofa postal Acard adapted ,forftynewriterfilse Thisfinven maybe considered a further development A of .co-pendns.annlicatienffonpatent on Postal i ds serial No. 444,077, nies May 22, 194,2,. 11Qwrdgl iuredmto Patent No. asserts. Qneebiect is `toprovide.a,postal.icaldfthat.feeds;intozihetype.- ..writer asreadily ,as @rdm-.ary napersteck. .Adr-urzther object istoproride-.aipostal card,that

ay be .readily .Stocked .in rolls or f-books .and .the

complete roll oranynart thereof fed-Continuouslyth-rough the-machine :without the removal .of any. card 0r Gardsunt -the;.0neretier1. i-S. eem- .nleted lthe address end messaee @reach card Abeing.typed.intheorderstated. it being under- Stood: `of course that-one dard.- a-t a v timemay be 4torn from lthe roll or boek tandv psedgif' desired.

A further obiectzis'. .to provide Aa postalY card for typewriter use .primarily :wherein the .complete address V,and message v.arepresented to .view togethenwhile the `messageLisbeingtyped. /A still vfurtherobject is Ato provide a postal oardior typewriter use that is so supportedinfthe-typewriter. that themessagemayutilize the complete full message-side of theoallilhe. last line of the message beingreac-ily'typedl upon the lowermost .edge 40f theard-whilefthe l`card ls'being held steady in position.

A further object is to. provide a postal card for typewriter use having means for making a carbon copy of the address andmessage when vdesired. A `still. further Aobject isto .provide ya.l postal card that lends itself .most readily to. speed in typing both addressand.themessage-that--rel" .quirespraotically;n0;handling..while in use,- and that is inexpensive .toinakestyleready for use, the free endof a Cardin full ,flinesin folded positieneed ,Partially in dotted lines ingunfolded position.

Fg.5 is a view o n Va reduced scale :offfaslightly ,mod ied form of card.

Fig. 6 is a view of the reverse .sideoitheeard .-Fig. ,7 is Aa vertical sectional viewl through Figlt'; on thel line 7 1.

Fig, 8 is a View in elevational perspectivepi the card showninFigs. 5,6, 7, and

L1iig. 9 is a view in .edge elevationof ya plural.- ity of cards as they may be provided infbook .ngo AThis is entirely overcomein the instant invention Ybyvorming each cardv with a conventional or thick portion and a relativelythinvportionintegraltherewith, the thin POlTltilon being ,fed into the machine and then followedby thethil v`=`25.1oortion, the thin portion whenthefcarfdl.is re- With the foregoingandfother objects in View l the inventio-n consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to beehereinafter lfully. ex- .f

plained -in the descripti-or1 ,pointed out g inthe claims and illustrated -in the drawing which forms a part of this patent and in which- Fig. 1 is a face view of a single postal card embodying the invention, `the address and a portion of the message being shown, before the card is folded for mailing, a portion of a ap or tab that is used when the Card is fed alone into the typewriter being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a View of the reverse face of the card with the iiap or tab omitted.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the card before it is folded.

Fig, 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing the moved fromthe machine being vfolded@entr ly upon itself when it will beffoundto be ofl iform thickness with the ,conventionalthik .Referring nowy ,to Figs. 1, 27,A 3,44 and. 9 .lot-the ,drawing the reference numerall I, denotesa sing-le Yoarfd which `when not intended l foruse.4 in rolls,

like theatre tickets, is provided at its lower body .edge- 2..,with a flap 3. The ardis formed of la lcioriy portion extending .from thetopedgelito the bottom or lower vedge 2,. 'Ihatportionlof the .card from the topy edge i ,to a transverse shoul- .derg 5 substantiallyv two-thirds the length lof vthe hagais. relatively` ihinwhile that. portion. eff he hotly* from the` Ishoulder to lthe;,lower body 2 is of conventional thickness which is ,prefs twice the thickness Orth@ thin portion.

Extending transversely .0f the Qardatiapbrosimately wthe longitudinal center of the thin body portion is a line 6 and that portion of the card between said line 6 and the top edge 4 forms the address portion. That portion of the card between the line 6 and the lower edge 2 forms the message side or portion of the card. In use the cards l may be made single with a terminal ap 3. The card is inserted in the typewriter with the edge li first and the stamp or front face away4 from the operator so that this .face will move into typing position. The address is now typed above the line 6 and the message below same to the extreme lower body edge 2 if desired, the tab 3 serving to hold the body of the card in typing position in the machine while the last lines are typed. The card is now removed from the machine, the tab 3 torn away along the line 2 and the address portion of the card folded away from the message portion along the line 6 as denoted by the arrows la, Fig, 4. The card is now stamped and is ready for mailing, It will be noted that when the thin body portion of the card is folded along its longitudinal center line E the card is of uniform thickness from the edge 2 to the line as shown in full lines in Fig. 4, When a number of cards are to be written rapidly they may be prepared in roll form with a flap 3 only on the last card of the roll.

The edge of the rst card is then inserted,

in the machine and the cards addressed and written as they appear consecutively in typing position. The rear face of the address portion or the card is gummed so that when folded against the reverse side of the message portion it will adhere thereto when iirst moistened. In Fig. 9 the cards are shown secured together in book form instead of in the roll form. The first card of the book is fed into the machine as described and thereafter the balance of the operation carried out. Y

Referring now to Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 a modiiied formis shown. The card l is formed with a second sheet portion 8 of uniform thickness extending from the free edge 9 to the perforated line I0 and with the original or directly typed portion, formed of portions of unequal thicknesses, that extends from said line I0 to the line ll spaced from the lower free edge I2 ofthe card, said directly typed portion being relatively thin from the line lil to a shoulder I3 and being bisected by the transverse line IA to form the address portion between said line and the line i0 and the message portion between lines I4 and ll, that card portion between the lines II and I2 forming a tab l5, the reverse side of the address portion being gummed.

In use the card is folded along the line I0 and a sheet of carbon paper inserted between the folded portions, The card is now introduced into the machine with line l0 foremost and the outer face of the directly typed face that bearsthe vstamp I6 away from the operator. As the address portion moves into typing position the address is typed and thereafter the message is typed upon the message portion below the line I4 and, if desired, all the way to the line II, the card being held in the machine by the usual paper holders bearing against the flap I5.

The card is now removed from the machine and torn alongthe line I0 to separate the directly typed portion from the copy portion, the address portion is folded away from the message portion along the line I4 and adhered thereto at its junction with the shoulder I3. The ap I5 is now torn away and the card is stamped and mailed. It will be observed that when the address portion is folded upon the line I4 it makes the card of uniform thickness from line I4 to line I2.

Obvioushf, numerous changes and modications in the details of the embodiments of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. It is intended that all such changes and modiiications be comprehended within the scope of the invention which is to be limited only by the claims hereto appended.

What is claimed is:

1. A postal card for typewriter use having a body formed of thick and thin portions, said thin vportion being gummed and of a length twice that of said thick portion, a shoulder dening the juncture of said thick and thin portions, the cards being adapted for multiple manufacture and stock in book form and for insertion, at one end of the book, into the typewriter for continuous consecutive use and thereafter to be separated from each other, the thin portion of each card then being folded about its longitudinal center line to dispose its free end in alignment with said shoulder to form a card of uniform thickness throughout.

2. A postal card book comprising a plurality of identical units detachably secured together, each unit having a message portion and an integral address portion, the message portion being of a length twice that of the address portion, onehalf of saidmessage portion being of the same thickness as said address portion, the several units adapted for insertion consecutively in a typewriter from end to end of the book to permit the units to be addressed and message-typed consecutively and continuously without interruption, said units thereafter being detached and individually folded along a line denng the juncture of said message and address portions to bring said address portion into facial alignment with the correspondingly thick one-half of said message portion, and means for securing said last named portions in said alignment.

GOSBERT WEINSCHENK.

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